Heel



C. H. HALL.

HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 19:9.

1,41 5,442, Patented May 9,1922.

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HEEL.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

. atented M ra-1922 Application filed January 10, 1919. Serial Alb/270,518.

vantages of a metal heel and a leather or rubber heel may be combined in a single structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for attaching the heel se-- curely to the body portion of the shoe.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a portion of a shoe constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a vertical section taken through the heel; Figure 3 is a top plan of the heel; and Figure 4 is a bottom plan of the heel.

The numeral 1 marks a shoe of any desired kind, having a sole 2 and an insole 3. A heel'4, preferably made of metal, abuts against the sole 2 and is provided in its upper surface with threaded openingsfi. In its upper end, the heel 4 is supplied with a cavity 6, disposed adjacent to the forward edge of the heel. In the heel 4, at the base of the cavity 6, there is a threaded opening 7. A

metal plate 8 is located between the sole 2 and the insole 3, above the heel 4. Screws 9, which preferably, are machine screws, are engaged with the plate 8 and pass downwardly through the sole 2, the said screws being engaged in the openings 5 of the heel 4. The numeral 10 marks a machine screw engaged at its upper end with the plate 8 and passed downwardly through the sole 2,

the screw 10 traversing the cavity 6 and be: mg threaded at its lower end into the open,-

ing 7 of the heel. A tread.-11,made of rub-l I her, leather, or any other suitable substance is held in place by securing members, such.

as machine screws 12. i I

The construction of the device is; such that the heel: .4 may beassembled readily with a shoe and, with equal facility, be detached therefrom, .it being possibleto shift the heel from shoe to shoe. Further, when the tread 11 becomes worn, the tread may be detached readily, and be replaced by a new tread. It is to be observed that the screw 10 passes down through the cavity 6. Consequently,

by threading the screw .10 downwardly, the

sole 2 and the plate 8 may be' distorted shghtly, so as to enter the upper end of the cavity 6, to some extent, thereby affording a secure connection between the heel 4 and the sole 2 of the shoe. It is to be observed that the plate 8 is secured at its rear end only, by means of the screws 9 to the heel 4, the forward end of the plate 8 being free. Consequently, when the screw 10 is threaded downwardly, the sole 2 may be distorted slightly so as to fit into the upper end of the cavity 6, as aforesaid, to bring about an unusuallysecure connection between the heel and the perfect fit. In such an instance, if the heel forming the subject matter of this application is employed, a heel which is too high or too low, may be replaced by a heel of proper height, the heel, of course, being made in all. necessary sizes and shaped to suit the trade. If the tread 11 becomes worn, it may be replaced readily, without detaching the heel 4 from the shoe.

Especial attention is directed to the fact that the present application provides a means whereby a rubber lift may be applied to a French heel. It is a well known-fact,

that the a plication of arubber lift to. a

French hee is amatter fraught with much v i 15 applled to the lower end of the heel 4 and difiiculty and that, although many methods have been proposed for attaching a rubber lift to a French hcel,'efforts in the past, along this line, have proved unsatisfactory. When the device is constructed as shown in this application, the lift may be held on a French heel as securely as such a lift is held on a heel of any otherlrind.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a shoe, an upper and a heel, a sole superposed on the heel, a plate superposed on the sole, and a" screw passing through the plate and the sole and threaded into the heel, the screw having a head engagingthe'plate, the forward end of the plate-being free, whereby the plate will move toward the heel and conform readilyto the sole when the screw is advanced, and means for securing the rear end of the plate fixedly to the heel,

against movement, whereby the plate will be prevented from moving longitudinally or laterally and leaving a space between the edge of the plate and the upper, the heel hav- 

